Amanda Kasman, Paintings Conservator, Atlanta Art Conservation Center

Still Life with Chrysanthemums

Artist Palmer C. Hayden (American, 1890 - 1973)

Datec. 1938

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 30 × 24 inches (76.2 × 61 cm)
Framed: 36 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches (92.7 x 76.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter and Linda Evans

Object number2023.22

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Copyright© Hayden Family Revocable Art Trust. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextBorn in the small town of Widewater in northern Virginia, Palmer Hayden started making art in childhood and received formal drawing instruction while later serving in the Army, with postings in the Philippines and at West Point. After moving to New York around 1920, he worked as a janitor and continued to make art, with encouragement from leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. A Harmon Foundation fellowship allowed him to live in France from 1927 to 1932, where his friends included fellow African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner, whose work is also on view in this gallery. This still life demonstrates the deep understanding of impressionist painting techniques that Hayden developed in France, skills that ultimately allowed him to make art his primary profession. Subjects for his paintings also included landscapes and scenes of daily life in African American communities.

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